Open Enrollment Programs

Leading and Managing Change

The UNC Executive Development Leading and Managing Change program trains managers and directors to enhance their organizational management and ensure long-term success by initiating, leading, and managing organizational change. Organizations need to develop a change management strategy to effectively deal with the relentless surge of globalization, the heightened scrutiny from shareholders, and the inexorable impact of technology. A well thought out change management strategy helps an organization maintain and enhance its corporate reputation and meet customer needs while balancing the drive to grow. This Leading and Managing Change program will combine Kenan-Flagler’s extensive research with the experiences of executives on effective and ineffective strategies to teach you how to make informed decisions on organizational change strategy.

Analyzing and discussing practical tools to help executives lead organizational change

Testing the current thinking on managing change, using an organizational change management simulation

Applying lessons on managing and leading change that apply to each executive’s area of responsibility

Discussing change management strategies that draw from both research and experience

Evaluating effective and ineffective strategies to manage resistance to change

This three day program includes a module on managing change inside organizations, a module on managing individual change and a simulation exercise.

Managing Change Inside Organizations

The module on managing changes inside organizations will help participants:

Explore the current change management models and some new models to better understand change

Discuss why many change management programs fail to produce change

Evaluate the reasons for success of a specific company’s change effort

Managing Individual Change

Organizational change is no longer the atypical, but rather the norm. Change is necessary for organizations to survive given the complexities within organizations and industries. People approach change and initiate change based on their preference – an aspect of their personality. Having a better understanding of your preferred style of change allows for increased flexibility and effectiveness in your response to change, while also enhancing your understanding of the reactions of others. The module on managing individual change will help participants to:

Experience change management across boundaries in a group activity

Learn a model for understanding the dynamics of change

Receive and understand feedback on their preferred style of change

ExperienceChange Simulation

The ExperienceChange simulation gives participants the opportunity to improve their team, decision-making, and communication skills without risking their reputations. Participants will plan and implement a change management strategy necessary to save a company. With limited time and budget, they must quickly identify the issues, create a change management plan and implement the plan in the face of company-wide resistance.

After ExperienceChange, participants will be able to:

Identify the forces for and against change

Use a best practices model to plan for a change

Confidently implement effective change management plans

Deal with the inevitable surprises that accompany organizational change

The Leading and Managing Change program features many esteemed members of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School faculty. Listed below is a sample of the faculty and topics that are typically included in this three day program.

Chris Bingham, PhD, is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, Phillip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar, and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. His general research interests revolve around organizational learning, adaptation, growth, innovation and strategic decision making in entrepreneurial firms and firms in dynamic markets.

Mike Christian, PhD, is an assistant professor of organizational behavior who focuses on understanding how energy, engagement, self-control and other self-regulatory processes affect behavior at work and how these factors dynamically relate to unethical behavior as well as desirable work performance.

Sreedhari Desai, PhD, is an assistant professor of organizational behavior who tackles strategic problem solving and decision making in this program.

The Leading and Managing Change program is held at the Rizzo Conference Center, our world-class facility in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Rizzo Conference Center was designed to foster executive management education and is wired for business so we can integrate new technologies into our teaching methodologies.

This program can be delivered to individual teams or business units, either at our facilities in North Carolina or anywhere in the world. This program can also be customized to meet the unique needs of your organization.« PrevNext »

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